Cape Met - noms

Event-1 R2 000 000 2000m (Turf)
CAPE TOWN MET (Grade 1)
0 Cirillo Sean Tarry 120
0 Do It Again Justin Snaith 129
0 Double Superlative Justin Snaith 101
0 Hoedspruit Justin Snaith 116
0 Jet Dark Justin Snaith 130
0 Kommetdieding HWJ Crawford/M Rix 127
0 Linebacker Vaughan Marshall 126
0 Malmoos Mike de Kock 125
0 Marina Candice Bass-Robinson 108
0 Puerto Manzano (ARG) J A Janse van Vuuren 113
0 Rainbow Bridge Eric Sands 134
0 Rascallion Vaughan Marshall 123
0 Rockin' Ringo Piet Botha 102
0 Russian Rock Dean Kannemeyer 119
0 So Flawless Andre Nel 96
0 Sovereign Spirit Candice Bass-Robinson 120
0 Vikram Andre Nel 109
0 War Of Athena Paul Matchett 122
0 Waterberry Lane Dean Kannemeyer 111

Unless GVN falls off surely Linebacker will take a lot of beating

Or linebacker is not striding out or he feels something amiss or some shit like that

IMO just 4 horses can win this:
Rainbow Bridge
Do It Again
Kommetdieding
Linebacker

WOA?

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Dave Scott wrote:

WOA?[/quote
Should not bother.....she can never beat the cape males

PeterD wrote:

IMO just 4 horses can win this:
Rainbow Bridge
Do It Again
Kommetdieding
Linebacker

Mostly agree - I do have doubts if the older horses (RB, DIA) can reach their best levels again - if they can, they would be obvious contenders, but just on the run yesterday where Rascallion edged DIA at level weights, I think the 4yr olds Kommetdieding and Linebacker would be leading lights along with Jet Dark.

WoA - not sure if she is in this class (Summer Cup showed that ) , but haven't checked the weight conditions - if she does get weight she may be a contender.

Interesting that only one 3yr old has been entered (at this stage) :ohmy:

PeterD wrote:

IMO just 4 horses can win this:
Rainbow Bridge
Do It Again
Kommetdieding
Linebacker

Mike de Kock had similar thoughts about "the top 6" in the handicap for the Summer Cup.

He got it a bit wrong didn't he?

OTA
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. The Summer Cup is a handicap in which I put 12 runners in my pick 6 and jackpot, including all of the first 3 home. The Met is WFA. You can’t compare the two races.
I have left out Jet Dark because I don’t think that he will be as effective over 2000m as he is the mile. I could be wrong about that.
How about a friendly wager:
I’ll donate R1000 to the horse care unit if anything except the 4 on my shortlist win, if you will give them R1000 if one of my 4 wins

Surely Vikram is the horse to beat in this race, since he beat the best horse in SA last start.

PeterD wrote:

OTA
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. The Summer Cup is a handicap in which I put 12 runners in my pick 6 and jackpot, including all of the first 3 home. The Met is WFA. You can’t compare the two races.
I have left out Jet Dark because I don’t think that he will be as effective over 2000m as he is the mile. I could be wrong about that.
How about a friendly wager:
I’ll donate R1000 to the horse care unit if anything except the 4 on my shortlist win, if you will give them R1000 if one of my 4 wins

Touchy touchy.

I was making a point that not everything is as clear cut as it looks.

Thanks for your offer but I will pass, I'm not that stupid as to take 4 of the top 5 in the betting on at evens. As an actuarial you should be ashamed of yourself offering those odds